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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 270
SENATE BILL NO. 1112
By Lowe, Rose
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1085
By Greg Martin, Bulso, Stinnett, Reedy, Capley, Todd, Slater
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school materials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3803, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(i) A local board of education or public charter school governing body shall not
remove a material from a library collection for the sole reason that the material is religious.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. PASSED:
SENATE BILL NO. 1112
April 10, 2025
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-c RANDY MlNALL y
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this d',4tL day of ---'hi I 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR